Jerry Goldsmith

Jerry Goldsmith

Known for
Sound
Born
February 10, 1929
Died
July 21, 2004 (aged 75)
Birthplace
Pasadena, California, USA

Biography

Jerry Goldsmith was an American music composer and conductor for film and television productions, best known for his scores of movies like "Planet of the Apes", "Papillon", "Alien", "Total Recall", "Basic Instinct", and also three "Rambo" films and five "Star Trek" films. He was nominated for six Grammy Awards, five Primetime Emmy Awards, nine Golden Globe Awards, four British Academy Film Awards, and eighteen Academy Awards (he won only one, in 1976, for the feature film "The Omen").

Known For

Filmography

2026
Arttack poster

Arttack

Movie · Songs

2020
Mulan poster

Mulan

Movie · Theme Song Performance

2020
Star Trek: Picard poster

Star Trek: Picard

TV · Music · 10 eps

2019
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration poster

The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration

Movie · Original Music Composer

2014
Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous: Making Gremlins poster

Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous: Making Gremlins

Movie · Original Music Composer

2014
From Gizmo to Gremlins: Creating the Creatures poster

From Gizmo to Gremlins: Creating the Creatures

Movie · Music

2003
Looney Tunes: Back in Action poster

Looney Tunes: Back in Action

Movie · Original Music Composer

2003
The Beast Within: Making Alien poster

The Beast Within: Making Alien

Movie · Music

2002
Star Trek: Nemesis poster

Star Trek: Nemesis

Movie · Original Music Composer

2002
The Sum of All Fears poster

The Sum of All Fears

Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor

2002
Drawing First Blood: 20 Years Later poster

Drawing First Blood: 20 Years Later

Movie · Original Music Composer

2001
Along Came a Spider poster

Along Came a Spider

Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor

2001
The Last Castle poster

The Last Castle

Movie · Original Music Composer

2000
Hollow Man poster

Hollow Man

Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor

1999
The Mummy poster

The Mummy

Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor

1999
The Alien Legacy poster

The Alien Legacy

Movie · Music

1999
The Haunting poster

The Haunting

Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor

1999
The 13th Warrior poster

The 13th Warrior

Movie · Original Music Composer

1998
Star Trek: Insurrection poster

Star Trek: Insurrection

Movie · Original Music Composer

1998
Mulan poster

Mulan

Movie · Original Music Composer

1998
U.S. Marshals poster

U.S. Marshals

Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor

1998
Small Soldiers poster

Small Soldiers

Movie · Original Music Composer

1998
Deep Rising poster

Deep Rising

Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor

1997
L.A. Confidential poster

L.A. Confidential

Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor

1997
The Edge poster

The Edge

Movie · Original Music Composer

1997
Air Force One poster

Air Force One

Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor

1997
Fierce Creatures poster

Fierce Creatures

Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor

1996
Star Trek: First Contact poster

Star Trek: First Contact

Movie · Original Music Composer

1996
Executive Decision poster

Executive Decision

Movie · Original Music Composer

1996
The Ghost and the Darkness poster

The Ghost and the Darkness

Movie · Original Music Composer

1996
Chain Reaction poster

Chain Reaction

Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor

1996
City Hall poster

City Hall

Movie · Original Music Composer

1995
Congo poster

Congo

Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor

1995
First Knight poster

First Knight

Movie · Original Music Composer

1995
Powder poster

Powder

Movie · Original Music Composer

1995
Star Trek: Voyager poster

Star Trek: Voyager

TV · Main Title Theme Composer · 169 eps

1994
Bad Girls poster

Bad Girls

Movie · Original Music Composer

1994
The River Wild poster

The River Wild

Movie · Original Music Composer

1994
I.Q. poster

I.Q.

Movie · Original Music Composer

1994
Angie poster

Angie

Movie · Original Music Composer

1994
The Shadow poster

The Shadow

Movie · Original Music Composer

1993
Malice poster

Malice

Movie · Original Music Composer

1993
Rudy poster

Rudy

Movie · Original Music Composer

1993
The Vanishing poster

The Vanishing

Movie · Conductor, Original Music Composer

1993
Dennis the Menace poster

Dennis the Menace

Movie · Original Music Composer

1993
Matinee poster

Matinee

Movie · Original Music Composer

1993
Six Degrees of Separation poster

Six Degrees of Separation

Movie · Original Music Composer

1992
Basic Instinct poster

Basic Instinct

Movie · Original Music Composer

1992
Forever Young poster

Forever Young

Movie · Original Music Composer

1992
Medicine Man poster

Medicine Man

Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor

1992
Love Field poster

Love Field

Movie · Original Music Composer

1992
Mr. Baseball poster

Mr. Baseball

Movie · Original Music Composer

1992
Mom and Dad Save the World poster

Mom and Dad Save the World

Movie · Original Music Composer

1991
Sleeping with the Enemy poster

Sleeping with the Enemy

Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor

1991
Not Without My Daughter poster

Not Without My Daughter

Movie · Original Music Composer

1990
Total Recall poster

Total Recall

Movie · Original Music Composer, Music Producer, Orchestrator, Conductor

1990
Gremlins 2: The New Batch poster

Gremlins 2: The New Batch

Movie · Original Music Composer

1990
The Russia House poster

The Russia House

Movie · Original Music Composer

1989
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier poster

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

Movie · Original Music Composer

1989
Warlock poster

Warlock

Movie · Original Music Composer

1989
Leviathan poster

Leviathan

Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor

1989
The 'Burbs poster

The 'Burbs

Movie · Original Music Composer

1989
Criminal Law poster

Criminal Law

Movie · Original Music Composer

1988
Rambo III poster

Rambo III

Movie · Original Music Composer

1987
Innerspace poster

Innerspace

Movie · Original Music Composer

1987
Police Story: The Freeway Killings poster

Police Story: The Freeway Killings

Movie · Theme Song Performance

1987
Extreme Prejudice poster

Extreme Prejudice

Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor

1987
Rent-a-Cop poster

Rent-a-Cop

Movie · Original Music Composer

1987
Lionheart poster

Lionheart

Movie · Original Music Composer

1986
Poltergeist II: The Other Side poster

Poltergeist II: The Other Side

Movie · Original Music Composer

1986
Hoosiers poster

Hoosiers

Movie · Original Music Composer

1986
Link poster

Link

Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor

1986
Rambo: The Rescue poster

Rambo: The Rescue

Movie · Music

1986
Ninja Terminator poster

Ninja Terminator

Movie · Music

1985
Rambo: First Blood Part II poster

Rambo: First Blood Part II

Movie · Original Music Composer

1985
King Solomon's Mines poster

King Solomon's Mines

Movie · Original Music Composer

1985
Explorers poster

Explorers

Movie · Original Music Composer

1985
Legend poster

Legend

Movie · Original Music Composer

1985
Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend poster

Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend

Movie · Original Music Composer

1985
Amazing Stories poster

Amazing Stories

TV · Music · 1 ep

1984
Gremlins poster

Gremlins

Movie · Original Music Composer

1984
Runaway poster

Runaway

Movie · Original Music Composer

1984
Supergirl poster

Supergirl

Movie · Original Music Composer

1984
The Lonely Guy poster

The Lonely Guy

Movie · Original Music Composer

1983
Psycho II poster

Psycho II

Movie · Original Music Composer

1983
Under Fire poster

Under Fire

Movie · Original Music Composer

1983
Twilight Zone: The Movie poster

Twilight Zone: The Movie

Movie · Original Music Composer

1983
Cinderella Revolution poster

Cinderella Revolution

Movie · Music

1982
First Blood poster

First Blood

Movie · Original Music Composer

1982
Poltergeist poster

Poltergeist

Movie · Original Music Composer

1982
The Secret of NIMH poster

The Secret of NIMH

Movie · Original Music Composer, Songs

1982
The Challenge poster

The Challenge

Movie · Original Music Composer

1982
Night Crossing poster

Night Crossing

Movie · Original Music Composer

1982
The Man Who Saved the World poster

The Man Who Saved the World

Movie · Music

1981
Outland poster

Outland

Movie · Original Music Composer

1981
Inchon poster

Inchon

Movie · Original Music Composer

1981
The Salamander poster

The Salamander

Movie · Original Music Composer

1981
Raggedy Man poster

Raggedy Man

Movie · Original Music Composer

1981
The Final Conflict poster

The Final Conflict

Movie · Original Music Composer

1981
Masada poster

Masada

TV · Original Music Composer · 4 eps

1980
Caboblanco poster

Caboblanco

Movie · Original Music Composer

1979
Star Trek: The Motion Picture poster

Star Trek: The Motion Picture

Movie · Original Music Composer

1979
Alien poster

Alien

Movie · Original Music Composer

1979
Players poster

Players

Movie · Original Music Composer

1978
Damien - Omen II poster

Damien - Omen II

Movie · Original Music Composer

1978
Coma poster

Coma

Movie · Original Music Composer

1978
The First Great Train Robbery poster

The First Great Train Robbery

Movie · Original Music Composer

1978
Magic poster

Magic

Movie · Original Music Composer

1978
The Boys from Brazil poster

The Boys from Brazil

Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor

1978
The Swarm poster

The Swarm

Movie · Original Music Composer

1977
Capricorn One poster

Capricorn One

Movie · Original Music Composer

1977
Damnation Alley poster

Damnation Alley

Movie · Original Music Composer

1977
Babe poster

Babe

Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor, Orchestrator

1977
Islands in the Stream poster

Islands in the Stream

Movie · Original Music Composer

1977
MacArthur poster

MacArthur

Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor

1977
Twilight's Last Gleaming poster

Twilight's Last Gleaming

Movie · Original Music Composer

1977
Contract on Cherry Street poster

Contract on Cherry Street

Movie · Original Music Composer

1977
Bloodthirsty Hawk poster

Bloodthirsty Hawk

Movie · Music

1976
The Omen poster

The Omen

Movie · Original Music Composer

1976
Logan's Run poster

Logan's Run

Movie · Original Music Composer

1976
The Cassandra Crossing poster

The Cassandra Crossing

Movie · Original Music Composer

1976
High Velocity poster

High Velocity

Movie · Original Music Composer

1976
The Last Hard Men poster

The Last Hard Men

Movie · Original Music Composer

1975
Breakheart Pass poster

Breakheart Pass

Movie · Original Music Composer

1975
The Wind and the Lion poster

The Wind and the Lion

Movie · Original Music Composer

1975
The Reincarnation of Peter Proud poster

The Reincarnation of Peter Proud

Movie · Original Music Composer

1975
Breakout poster

Breakout

Movie · Original Music Composer

1975
Take a Hard Ride poster

Take a Hard Ride

Movie · Original Music Composer

1975
A Girl Named Sooner poster

A Girl Named Sooner

Movie · Original Music Composer

1975
Medical Story poster

Medical Story

Movie · Original Music Composer

1975
Medical Story poster

Medical Story

TV · Music · 12 eps

1974
Chinatown poster

Chinatown

Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor

1974
S*P*Y*S poster

S*P*Y*S

Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor

1974
Winter Kill poster

Winter Kill

Movie · Original Music Composer

1974
Ransom poster

Ransom

Movie · Original Music Composer

1974
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn poster

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Movie · Original Music Composer

1974
Indict and Convict poster

Indict and Convict

Movie · Original Music Composer

1973
Shamus poster

Shamus

Movie · Original Music Composer

1973
Papillon poster

Papillon

Movie · Original Music Composer

1973
The Going Up of David Lev

The Going Up of David Lev

Movie · Original Music Composer

1973
Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies poster

Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies

Movie · Original Music Composer

1973
One Little Indian poster

One Little Indian

Movie · Original Music Composer

1973
The Don Is Dead poster

The Don Is Dead

Movie · Original Music Composer

1973
Big John Morrison poster

Big John Morrison

Movie · Original Music Composer

1973
The Red Pony poster

The Red Pony

Movie · Original Music Composer

1973
Hawkins poster

Hawkins

TV · Original Music Composer, Conductor · 1 ep

1972
Pursuit poster

Pursuit

Movie · Original Music Composer

1972
The Man poster

The Man

Movie · Original Music Composer

1972
The Other poster

The Other

Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor

1972
Crawlspace poster

Crawlspace

Movie · Original Music Composer

1972
The Culpepper Cattle Co. poster

The Culpepper Cattle Co.

Movie · Original Music Composer

1972
Lights Out poster

Lights Out

Movie · Original Music Composer

1972
The Waltons poster

The Waltons

TV · Main Title Theme Composer, Music · 210 eps

1972
Anna and the King poster

Anna and the King

TV · Music · 13 eps

1971
Escape from the Planet of the Apes poster

Escape from the Planet of the Apes

Movie · Original Music Composer

1971
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate poster

Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate

Movie · Original Music Composer

1971
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story poster

The Homecoming: A Christmas Story

Movie · Original Music Composer

1971
Crosscurrent poster

Crosscurrent

Movie · Original Music Composer

1971
The Mephisto Waltz poster

The Mephisto Waltz

Movie · Original Music Composer

1971
A Step Out of Line poster

A Step Out of Line

Movie · Original Music Composer

1971
The Last Run poster

The Last Run

Movie · Original Music Composer

1971
Wild Rovers poster

Wild Rovers

Movie · Original Music Composer

1970
Tora! Tora! Tora! poster

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor, Music Arranger, Orchestrator

1970
Patton poster

Patton

Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor

1970
The Ballad of Cable Hogue poster

The Ballad of Cable Hogue

Movie · Original Music Composer

1970
Rio Lobo poster

Rio Lobo

Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor

1970
The Traveling Executioner poster

The Traveling Executioner

Movie · Conductor, Original Music Composer

1970
Prudence and the Chief poster

Prudence and the Chief

Movie · Conductor, Original Music Composer

1970
The Brotherhood of the Bell poster

The Brotherhood of the Bell

Movie · Original Music Composer

1969
100 Rifles poster

100 Rifles

Movie · Original Music Composer

1969
The Illustrated Man poster

The Illustrated Man

Movie · Original Music Composer

1969
Justine poster

Justine

Movie · Original Music Composer

1969
The Chairman poster

The Chairman

Movie · Original Music Composer

1968
Planet of the Apes poster

Planet of the Apes

Movie · Original Music Composer

1968
The Detective poster

The Detective

Movie · Original Music Composer

1968
Bandolero! poster

Bandolero!

Movie · Original Music Composer

1968
Sebastian poster

Sebastian

Movie · Original Music Composer

1968
Nick Quarry poster

Nick Quarry

Movie · Original Music Composer

1967
Warning Shot poster

Warning Shot

Movie · Original Music Composer

1967
Hour of the Gun poster

Hour of the Gun

Movie · Original Music Composer

1967
The Spy in the Green Hat poster

The Spy in the Green Hat

Movie · Music

1967
In Like Flint poster

In Like Flint

Movie · Original Music Composer

1967
The Flim-Flam Man poster

The Flim-Flam Man

Movie · Original Music Composer

1966
The Sand Pebbles poster

The Sand Pebbles

Movie · Original Music Composer

1966
Seconds poster

Seconds

Movie · Original Music Composer

1966
The Blue Max poster

The Blue Max

Movie · Original Music Composer

1966
The Trouble with Angels poster

The Trouble with Angels

Movie · Original Music Composer

1966
Our Man Flint poster

Our Man Flint

Movie · Original Music Composer

1966
Stagecoach poster

Stagecoach

Movie · Original Music Composer

1965
In Harm's Way poster

In Harm's Way

Movie · Original Music Composer

1965
The Satan Bug poster

The Satan Bug

Movie · Original Music Composer

1965
Von Ryan's Express poster

Von Ryan's Express

Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor

1965
The Artist Who Did Not Want to Paint poster

The Artist Who Did Not Want to Paint

Movie · Music

1965
A Patch of Blue poster

A Patch of Blue

Movie · Original Music Composer

1965
To Trap a Spy poster

To Trap a Spy

Movie · Original Music Composer

1965
Morituri poster

Morituri

Movie · Original Music Composer

1965
The Loner poster

The Loner

TV · Original Music Composer · 26 eps

1964
Seven Days in May poster

Seven Days in May

Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor

1964
Rio Conchos poster

Rio Conchos

Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor

1964
Fate Is the Hunter poster

Fate Is the Hunter

Movie · Original Music Composer

1964
Shock Treatment poster

Shock Treatment

Movie · Original Music Composer

1963
The Prize poster

The Prize

Movie · Original Music Composer

1963
The Stripper poster

The Stripper

Movie · Original Music Composer

1963
The List of Adrian Messenger poster

The List of Adrian Messenger

Movie · Original Music Composer

1963
Lilies of the Field poster

Lilies of the Field

Movie · Original Music Composer

1963
Take Her, She's Mine poster

Take Her, She's Mine

Movie · Original Music Composer

1963
A Gathering of Eagles poster

A Gathering of Eagles

Movie · Original Music Composer

1962
Freud: The Secret Passion poster

Freud: The Secret Passion

Movie · Original Music Composer

1962
Lonely are the Brave poster

Lonely are the Brave

Movie · Original Music Composer, Orchestrator

1962
The Spiral Road poster

The Spiral Road

Movie · Original Music Composer

1961
The Crimebusters poster

The Crimebusters

Movie · Original Music Composer

1961
Man on the Beach

Man on the Beach

Movie · Original Music Composer

1960
Flaming Star poster

Flaming Star

Movie · Music

1960
Studs Lonigan poster

Studs Lonigan

Movie · Original Music Composer

1960
Journey to the Day poster

Journey to the Day

Movie · Music

1959
City of Fear poster

City of Fear

Movie · Original Music Composer

1959
Face of a Fugitive poster

Face of a Fugitive

Movie · Original Music Composer

1958
Days of Wine and Roses poster

Days of Wine and Roses

Movie · Original Music Composer

1957
Black Patch poster

Black Patch

Movie · Original Music Composer

1954
Casino Royale poster

Casino Royale

Movie · Original Music Composer

1952
Don't Bother to Knock poster

Don't Bother to Knock

Movie · Music Consultant